cartridge
type of ammunition packaging that includes a bullet or shot, a propellant substance, and a primer within a metallic, paper, or plastic case
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Summary
cartridge is a weapon type[1]. cartridge ranks in the top 5% of weapon type entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,247 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Discoverer or inventor: Jean Samuel Pauly[3]
- Subclass of: ammunition[4], product[5], explosive device[6], bullet[7]
- Commons category: Ammunition cartridges[8]
- Has part(s): cartridge case[9], projectile[10], percussion cap[11], propellant[12], primer[13], bullet[14]
- Inception: 1812[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Pistol and rifle cartridges[16]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[17], Sytin Military Encyclopedia[18], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20], Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[23]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox firearm cartridge[24]
- Different from: Patrone[25], Patron[26], Cartridge[27]
- Properties for this type: P8886[28], P2043[29], P2386[30]
- Union of: list of values as qualifiers[31]
- Disjoint union of: list of values as qualifiers[32]
- Exact match: http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/02971691-n[33], http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/102965804-n[34]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[35]
- Model item: centerfire cartridge[36]
- P14870: ont00001003[37]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for cartridge include Patron[38], a dog[39].
Why It Matters
cartridge has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] cartridge is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]